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Ian Burkhart

@iburkhart

VP of North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium. President of Ian Burkhart Foundation. Founder of BCI Pioneers Coalition.

 Ohio
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Joined February 2009
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✨ Happening now at #NYBCI25! “Through Their Eyes: Patients and Caregivers on the #BCI Journey” w/ @iburkhart (@bcipioneers & @NASCIC1) & Maria Aleandra Fernandez (@teamhighoctanejules) highlights their personal story of how #BCI can boost independence & ease caregiver strain.
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Thrilled to see #bci joining with mainstream tech to allow more people with disabilities to interact with their own world @bcipioneers
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@WIRED1 Oct 2025
California-based Cognixion is launching a clinical trial to allow paralyzed patients with speech disorders the ability to communicate without an invasive brain implant. wired.com/story/this-startup…
This Startup Wants to Put Its Brain-Computer Interface in the Apple Vision Pro

This Startup Wants to Put Its Brain-Computer Interface in the Apple Vision Pro

California-based Cognixion is launching a clinical trial to allow paralyzed patients with speech disorders the ability to communicate without an invasive brain implant.

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I'm excited to be in Morgantown this weekend to follow-up on the IUCRC meeting with the BMI+ Summit
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (@WVURNI) profile pictureWVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute@WVURNI8 Aug 2024
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We are honored to welcome and work with these amazing institutions: @UHouston, @ASUEngineering, @WestVirginiaU, @GeorgiaTech, @UMBC, @TecdeMonterrey, @UniversidadMH, @UABNews, and @Northeastern.
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Voting is open for the #SXSW #panelpicker Please vote for our session SCI Research: One Small Movement Can Change Lives. Click below and give us a thumbs up. It's that simple. Voting closes August 18 panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/14… @Reevefoundation #TodaysCare #SCI #SpinalCordInjury
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We're one month away! Join us on August 24th at Topgolf. Tickets include: 3 hours of golf, ultimate bites buffet, 2 drink tickets, and a silent auction. Funds raised support financial aid for individuals with spinal cord injuries. ianburkhartfoundation.org/go…
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.@JDVance1 @SenSherrodBrown @RepMikeCarey I urge you to cosponsor S. 545, the ACAAA of 2023 and incorporate provisions in the FAA Reauthorization. This critical legislation will make a difference in air travel for the lives of people living with a disability.
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I’m excited to join the @bcipioneers and @BlackrockNeuro_ tomorrow to celebrate BCI day
Blackrock Neurotech (@BlackrockNeuro_) profile pictureBlackrock Neurotech
@BlackrockNeuro_3 May 2023
Tomorrow. Join us on Instagram and Twitter for live Q&As. 10-11AM: @bcipioneers' @iburkhart& guests @bciguys + @TarynSouthern [Instagram] 3-4PM: *The* James Johnson takes over our Twitter 5-6PM: @BCIcanDoBetter and @bciguys [Instagram] (MST) See you soon. #BCI x #Starwars 💫
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He set out to develop workable prosthetics for profoundly paralyzed people. Along the way, he helped usher in a novel framework for deciphering neural activity. -- A wonderful @SCglobalbrain profile on the late Krishna Shenoy, by @emilysinger simonsfoundation.org/2023/03… #neuroscience
A Scientist’s Quest for Better Brain-Computer Interfaces Opens a Window on Neural Dynamics

A Scientist’s Quest for Better Brain-Computer Interfaces Opens a Window on Neural Dynamics

Krishna Shenoy launched his lab at Stanford University in 2001 with a lofty goal — to build more effective neural prosthetics for profoundly paralyzed people. Over the next 20 years…

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Inspired, energized, and humbled by the opportunity to share a stage and discuss the future of BCI with @iburkhart, @SumnerLN, and Katherine Jones of @reMindCapital! Thanks @sxsw & @aestudio for making it possible!
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BCI Society@BciSociety23 Jan 2023
We received the very sad news that BCI Society member Professor Krishna Shenoy has passed away. Loosing Krishna means loosing a brilliant scientist and wonderful mentor. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and colleagues.
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Today our own @DoctorAliRezai accepted the @NANS_ION 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award honoring his contributions and commitment to the field of neuromodulation. Congratulations, Dr. Rezai! #nans2023 #neuromodulation #medicalscience #medicalinnovation #medicalresearch
Image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (@WVURNI)
Image from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (@WVURNI)
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Love seeing my friends doing big things @madolph2 @Doyle_hcm
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@BlueJacketsNHL15 Dec 2022
The #CBJ are excited to announce Doyle HCM as the new Entitlement Partner for our club level lounge! Learn more about the Doyle Club Lounge ➡️ cbj.co/doyle121522
A group of 50/50 associates stand under a banner reading Welcome to the Doyle Club Lounge.

ALT A group of 50/50 associates stand under a banner reading Welcome to the Doyle Club Lounge.

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N-of-1 study ➡️ 1-to-N study The former places the emphasis on a single patient, but the emphasis needs to be on all the patients who come next. That’s why I’m going to call them 1-to-N studies from now on.
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Uh, @iburkhart did this 8 years ago with tech from @Battelle and docs at @OSUWexMed – and got to where he could play Guitar Hero but go off NYT. bizj.us/1qh8ft
Ohio State, Battelle pledge $10M to nonprofit to bring neurotech inventions to market

Ohio State, Battelle pledge $10M to nonprofit to bring neurotech inventions to market

"You get a lot of provisional patents that get filed, but then that art never gets developed into a company that becomes a business," the institute's neurosurgeon-CEO said. "The best discovery in the...

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NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) profile pictureNYT Business
@nytimesbusiness13 Dec 2022
A brain-computer implant enabled a 30-year-old with paralysis to lift a pretzel to his mouth. It’s a frontier in a field that Elon Musk wants to push far beyond with his company’s device. nyti.ms/3W9J62q
Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow (Published 2022)

Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow (Published 2022)

But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.

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Great write up about Austin Beggin’s work with @ClevelandFES using a #BrainComputerInterface to restore function to a paralyzed arm. cc: @bcipioneers
Christina Jewett (@By_CJewett) profile pictureChristina Jewett@By_CJewett13 Dec 2022
Elon Musk has said his company @Neuralink will restore sight and full-body motion to people who've lost them. But the U.S. brain-computer interface field is not close to either goal: nyti.ms/3HwrGsC
Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow (Published 2022)

Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow (Published 2022)

But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.

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“There are people who are depending on us researchers to improve their lives. Do you think about?” John Gensel opening the #storytelling session at #SfN2022 about research and society on a quest to improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury – at San Diego, CA
A line of speakers, some in wheelchairs and some sitting on chairs, listening to John Gensel introducing the session, standing and speaking into a microphone on the stage of a conference center

ALT A line of speakers, some in wheelchairs and some sitting on chairs, listening to John Gensel introducing the session, standing and speaking into a microphone on the stage of a conference center

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To say I’m excited to be back in person for #SfN22 this year would be an understatement! @SfNtweets You can find me speaking at: “Who Speaks for the Community?” 11/13 2-3:30 in SDCC 2 Blackrock Neurotech: Meet the Pioneers Ian & JJ 11/14 11-11:30 at expo booth # 1133
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Corrected photo! 💝 For a last look at our 2022 Live It Up! awardees and the meaningful contributions they've made to their communities and ours, videos are now live at: helphopelive.org/2022-help-h… #hopeis #liveitup2022
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No one should have to face the overwhelming burden of spinal cord injury expenses alone. That’s why we are proud to partner with the national nonprofit @helphopeliveorg. Get to know these nonprofit fundraising experts! helphopelive.org #sponsored
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Great read about the future of #NeuroTech. @DoctorAliRezai ’s experience with DBS comforted me when he implanted my BCI device in 2014. I’m glad to see further DBS research @WVURNI to treat addiction, depression, and other diseases. harpers.org/archive/2022/09/… via @ZachWritesStuff
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